Garment hanger



1943- 1 J. H. RUSSELL 2,326,256

GARMENT HANGER Filed July 18, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 JAMES H. RUSSEL WM 4 ATTOR NEY Aug. 10, 1943. J. H. RUSSELL 2,326,256

GARMENT HANGER Filed July 18, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG.10.

INVENTOR. JAMES H. RUSSELL ATTORNEY a Patented Au .;1o,' 1943 I position and without creasing; I I

My imiention'has for its primarybbject's the provisionof a icombi'natio'n hanger of; tIiei type stated which, in addition to supporting a suit' coat-shirt; or other type or" outer garment; willa also support'eithera woman's skirt jo'r' 'apair' of Tmans-trousers in a, simple, umque'manneriIper I mittihg the 'free circulation- 'of air thr'ought'he 7 tionof parts presently -J w James Li S, II -Ap icatibnm garment foreffecting removal of any residual perspiration or body odors remainingfwithin the I :1 V'e'r tional' suspension=hook-'-3,f and equidistantlyr II oneppo'site sides of'thef'ho'bki-111, the-rio'wrnernberfibers of the garment after the samelhasjb een worn, which willhcld theLs kirt "01: trousers in smooth shape-retaining jconditionffreelysus-U,

pending the garment to prevent wrinkling there I of, whicnmay be readily'operated byasingIe hand," which may be' simply and economically I 1 AR ENT HANGER II I II Russelist} Louis,v M aSSjgIIOBJ by .mesne assignmentstq Anth t y i8, 1941,-fSerial N 402,907 Rimim 22 w;

- 1 This invention relatsto certain new and use; ful improvem nts' in garment hangers and-,1 more I particularly; to agarmenthangeradapted for suspending skirts. and. 'trou'sersin fully-extended the modified garment hanger taken abproxima I shaped-metallic stripf rolled'along its longitu- .7

tendingcylindricalEbeads ZZ;

' for neatly engagingthe neck of "a suitecoat and;

constructed; which is' rigid; and-durable; which is capable of almostiru iversaljadjustment'for skirts 1 and trousers of difierent sizes, "and which functions.

my invention resides the n el ffeatures of:

form," construction; 'arrang'egi out i t-he c1aims. I V I In the accompanying urawing's';(two; sheets)+:

ifig'ure 1 is 'a perspefitii/T iew Of a garment hanger constructed in accordance Withkandfem v V bar 9;-are slldes lteach constructedlof;

of suitable wireb'eut usoniitselr tospreferablg i-z j bq y' n im inv n ive; 1 L I Figure'2 is an enlarged'eleyati'onal' view, :partly broken away. and in secticn'fof ithejgarlnentj han er; f

Figure 6 is a perspectiveriew,

thefgarment hanger;

Figure 7 is aneleyational View of, the fga h n r. men

a Figure .9 is; a perspective view. of I a, modified form of garment h anger constructed'in;;a.ccordance-with my presentrinventiomr- Eigure 10 isvanEenlargedelevaticnal view,'part- "Jy-bmken-awayand insectionpcfthe modified garment hanger; I v

vv 60 Figure ll 1s: :i a transverse sectional view' of andjicom e 2 an? P nt d 3 -M' t e e iv l we;

in the grooves 8 and. connected at their a one {end I by an arcuate bight MI -At:theirfloppos'i te-en the" members |3- rare' ibent' inwardlyand down- Ward y,-as at" -l 5 =iand 'wel ded togthe I in the provision ofri -a lisubstantially I i II Figure 8 is; a hQrizontaLsectional viewfiof the, garment-hanger v taken approximately along the), line; 8- 8, Figure .7, illustrating in more detail the manner cfaoperation oi, th extension-members onecfthe beads 2 and another leg l simi -lalfly" I shaped transverse bar" Sf-haVing I I I I or I V m n; :turrLfirovided "ts-foppc'slt'e f nds' with prongs 11, which,*in. turni diverg'e-slightly ou I wardlyrfrom each other and are provided long tudinallyupon' theirfgarment eng aging ra ew m -bight lllof 'a slide-.12 and iat its other end hook 1 3''; through asuitably form IU f the' bar member I I I forrnormally ayieldingly' retaining theslide 2:

in.- Figure 2 e an;

Figure-12-is an elevaticna' l" ew of'thembdifiedi garnienthanger"showing' 'the s t su'p orting members ;thereofinrtracted"pcsltlonj'--'- dinal marg ns -ifi' thie-provision offlengthwiseex 7' I is provided with inwardly bent ihdent'ationsf 4 also-for iretaining th' 'slender "siiken should r straps of a 'wo'rnajns -fprinces s" s1 ip' Qr' eveni I w izs o uiir e reu e -1w i u hrm:

At each "endg the bow ,rhember I --iS qurovi{fileci ing'one leg 6 pre ss-fitted into the ope'n "endf'of" tightly} engagedfin the inwardly urnedf'slid I away form ng lateralgr' ovesa chan'nela central, -Web Slidably mounted at ;t

and: Spaced l for slide-forming i'dis'posit ion VVi't I rigidnd I strong structure. Bel0w 2the*- Weld[ the wiremembers l3 are'bent'outwardly away' fromeach v 1:: otherain the provision I of? dependingflegsQorma:row of serrations, asiat 218. 1

Welded or otherwise secure to; and upstand suitably bent 'Wire finger-grip" i|1',iandg;1j ioked atroneend around thebaseportionofgthe memfig 1 her-19 jus't abdve a-the .point ofi'jbinder with th'e" a u e in} the wek' 1s; a tension spring 20? outwardly shiftedposit'ion asshown 1n fullrune 

